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Getting to Edinburgh Castle

By bus - Historic Scotland has a bus connecting the City Centre to Edinburgh Castle. Take the Castle shuttle from George Street, Hanover Street or the Mound. You can also buy your tickets on the bus and jump the queue.

On foot - Walk all the way up on the Royal Mile to the Castle Esplanade.

The information on this page was last checked for accuracy in October 2009. Please check the official Edinburgh Castle website for up to date information.

Edinburgh Travel Essentials

Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Photograph of the Water Feature at the Dean Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. Photo #G3440

Classic Edinburgh panorama with all the City Centre landmarks, taken from the Mound. Photo #G2774

Edinburgh dusk cityscape with Princes Street, the Balmoral Hotel, St Mary's Cathedral on the right and the Castle on the left. Photo #G3985

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.